(1) The Board may, by notice in writing require the owner or the occupier of any place containing any collection of standing or flowing water in which mosquitoes breed or are likely to breed, within such time as may be specified in the notice, to take such measures with respect to the same, or to treat the same by such physical, chemical or diological method, as the Board, on recommendation of the Health Officer, may consider suitable in the circumstances.
(2) If a notice under sub-section (1) is served on the occupier, he shall, in the absence of a contract, express or implied, to the contrary, be entitled to recover from the owner the recoverable expenses incurred by him in taking the measures or adopting the method of treament specified in the notice and may deduct the amount of such expenses Prohibition of mosquito breeding in collection of water.
Treatment of mosquito breeding places.
66 [Act No.I of 1956] from the rent which is then or which may thereafter be due from him to the owner.
114. If the person on whom a notice is served under section 113 fails or refuses to take the measures or adopt the method of treatment specified in such notice within the time specified therein, the Board may itself take such measures or adopt such treatment and recover the cost of doing so from the owner or occupier of the property, as the case may be, in the same manner as an amount claimed on account of any tax recoverable under Chapter X.
115. Where, with the object of preventing the breeding of mosquitoes in any land or building, the Government or the Board, or the owner or occupier at the instance of the Government or the Board, has constructed any works in such land or building, the owner for the time being as well as the occupier for the time being of such land or building shall prevent its being used in any manner which causes, or is likely to cause, deterioration of such works or which impairs or is likely to impair, their efficiency.